A new phishing campaign is targeting small business owners on Facebook with fraudulent emails that look like official communications from Meta, warning of supposed violations of branding or ...

More than 29,000 social media accounts have been taken down and 1850 fake job ads referred for removal following a major crackdown on employment scams by the National Anti-Scam Centre. Catriona Lowe, ...

Crypto scams have surged to $4.6 billion in 2024 as AI-driven deepfakes and social engineering tactics complicate detection ...

Pig butcher scams have conned billions of dollars from victims worldwide. Here's how you can be aware of the warning signs ...

A hacker claims to sell 1.2 billion Facebook records. Meta says it's old, but experts warn the data is real and dangerous.

AI is helping scammers craft more convincing fake listings, which could leave unsuspecting South African travellers tens of ...

Barclays UK has thrown down the gauntlet to consumers, asking a simple yet urgent question: Can you spot a scam before it's ...

Big tech sharing economy platforms like Airbnb and Uber are marketed as trustworthy, but a new book by a South African media scholar argues that they are highly vulnerable to scammers who spread ...

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) is warning people about a disturbing scam where criminals exploit the grief of bereaved families by impersonating them online and charging mourners to ...

Facebook parent Meta is raising awareness about romance scams ahead of Valentine's Day as part of its global anti-scam campaign. The company is rolling out new tools on Facebook Messenger ...

Scrolling past a Facebook post featuring a soldier couple holding newborn quadruplets, Linh, 42, reflexively commented, ...